Ayesha Kausar

Prof. Dr. Ayesha Kausar

National Center for Physics, Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan
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Biography

Prof. Dr. Ayesha Kausar is affiliated with National Centre for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan. Her research interests include design/fabrication/characterization/exploration of materials/nanomaterials. Kausar’s contributions to materials science/technology include > 720 publications in ISI journals. Moreover, she contributed 11 Elsevier authored monographs: (i) "Nanofibers and Hybrid Nanofiber Derived Nanocomposites: Basics, Physical Properties, and Applications", 2026; (ii) “Multifunctional Carbon Nano-Onions Based Nanocomposites: Fundamentals, Design and Applications”, 2026; (iii) “Graphene Quantum Dots and Their Derived Nanocomposites: Fundamentals and Applications”, 2025; (iv) “Three-Dimensional Graphene Nanocomposites: Design, Characteristics, and Technical Potential”, 2025; (v) “Polymer/Nanodiamond Nanocomposites: Fundamentals, Properties and Applications” 2024; (vi) “Shape Memory Polymer-Derived Nanocomposites: Materials, Properties, and Applications, 2024; (vii) “Polymer/Fullerene Nanocomposites: Design and Applications” 2023; (viii) “Polymeric Nanocomposites with Carbonaceous Nanofillers for Aerospace Applications” 2022; (ix) “Graphene to Polymer/Graphene Nanocomposites: Emerging Research and Opportunities” 2021; (x) “Conducting Polymer-Based Nanocomposites: Fundamentals and Applications” 2021; (xi) “Electrical Conductivity in Polymer-Based Composites: Experiments, Modelling, and Applications” 2018. She also contributed >171 international book chapters/Encyclopaedias.

Affiliations

National Center for Physics

Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan

Honors and Awards

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Stanford/Elsevier Pakistan Top 2% Scientists 2026 + Since 2020

Stanford University, Stanford, USA

Dr. Ayesha Kausar is ranked #4 nationally among all institues across the country) and #1,092 worldwide with a high composite citation score (c-score of 4.02) in this listing

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ScholarGPS-Global Ranking

National Center for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan

Identified as a Highly Ranked Scholar, placing #1 globally in the specialty of Nanocomposites and #153 overall globally across all fields over the prior 5-year evaluation window

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Materials Science Leader

National Center for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan

Research.com Ranking: In the field of Materials Science, she holds a ranks #3 nationally in Pakistan with a H-index of 62. Similarly, shes ranked #1 in Materials Sciences in several other research databases and global rankings

Experience

Researcher

National Center For Physics

01 Jan 2011 - present

Visiting faculty

National University of Sciences and Technology: Islamabad, PK

01 Jan 2018 - 01 Dec 2018

Visiting faculty

Quaid-i-Azam University: Islamabad, PK

01 Jan 2015 - 01 Jan 2018